Kalarrytes

Kalarrytes (Greek: Καλαρρύτες, Aromanian: Kãlarli)^[2] is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit.^[3] The municipal unit has an area of 39.959 km².^[4] The population in 2021 was 236. The community consists of the villages Kalarrytes and Mystras.

The toponym has two possible derivations.^[5] The first from the term Kalari, from the surname Kalaris with a transformation, stemming from the Aromanian călar 'horseman' and the suffix -itis.^[5] The second from the Aromanian toponym Călár and the Greek origin Aromanian suffix -it.^[5] Linguists Konstantinos Nikolaidou (1909) and Tache Papahagi (1974) derive the word călar from the Latin caballarius.^[5] Linguist Kostas Oikonomou wrote the word is more likely derived from the Aromanian cal 'horse', and the declarative occupational suffix -ar found in other Aromanian words reflecting livestock professions.^[5] Oikonomou states links of the village name with other toponyms such as Kalavryta or two toponyms containing the Slavic word kolovъrtъ 'spinning wheel' as proposed by linguist Phaedon Malingoudis are less likely.^[5] In Greek other variations of the toponym are Kalarrytai (-es), Kalarriti and Kalaryta.^[5]

Kalarrytes has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), bordering on a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csb). Kalarites experiences cool, rainy winters and warm, drier summers.

Kalariti has an Aromanian population and is an Aromanian speaking village.^[7][2] In the early 21st century, elderly people were bilingual in the community language and Greek, whereas younger residents under 40 might have understood the community language but did not use it.^[8]